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Psalm 111

Psa. 111:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The works
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
o of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
are great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
, sought out
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
of all them that have pleasure
chephets (Hebrew #2656)
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
Pronounce: khay'-fets
Origin: from 2654
therein.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 92:5• 5Jehovah, how great are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep: (Psa. 92:5)
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Psa. 104:24• 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. (Psa. 104:24)
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Psa. 139:14• 14I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. (Psa. 139:14)
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Job 5:9• 9Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number; (Job 5:9)
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Job 9:10• 10Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number. (Job 9:10)
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Job 26:12‑14• 12He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
13By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.
14Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?
(Job 26:12‑14)
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Job 38:1‑41• 1And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
4Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
5Who set the measures thereof--if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
6Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
9When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
10When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14It is changed like the signet-clay; and all things stand forth as in a garment:
15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
16Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
17Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
19Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place,
20That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?
21Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
22Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
23Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?
24By what way is the light parted, and the east wind scattered upon the earth?
25Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
28Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
29Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
30When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
31Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
32Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?
33Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?
34Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?
35Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
37Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens,
38When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
39Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
41Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto *God, and they wander for lack of meat?
(Job 38:1‑41)
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Job 41:1‑34• 1Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
2Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
3Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
7Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
8Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle,--do no more!
9Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
10None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
11Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
13Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
14Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16One is so near to another that no air can come between them;
17They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
18His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
24His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether millstone.
25When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
26If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
27He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
28The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
30His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
32He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
(Job 41:1‑34)
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Isa. 40:12• 12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales? (Isa. 40:12)
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Jer. 32:17‑19• 17Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm; there is nothing too hard for thee:
18who shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, thou, the great, the mighty *God,--Jehovah of hosts is his name;
19great in counsel and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
(Jer. 32:17‑19)
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Dan. 4:3• 3How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. (Dan. 4:3)
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Eph. 1:19• 19and what the surpassing greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength, (Eph. 1:19)
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Eph. 2:7‑10• 7that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.
8For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:
9not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.
10For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.
(Eph. 2:7‑10)
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Rev. 15:3• 3And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, O King of nations. (Rev. 15:3)
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Psa. 77:11‑12• 11Will I remember,--the works of Jah; for I will remember thy wonders of old,
12And I will meditate upon all thy work, and muse upon thy doings.
(Psa. 77:11‑12)
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Psa. 104:24,34• 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah.
(Psa. 104:24,34)
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Psa. 107:43• 43Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them understand the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah. (Psa. 107:43)
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Psa. 143:5• 5I remember the days of old: I meditate on all thy doing; I muse on the work of thy hands. (Psa. 143:5)
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Job 37:7• 7He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. (Job 37:7)
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Eccl. 3:11• 11He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth. (Eccl. 3:11)
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1 Peter 1:10‑12• 10Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;
11searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed out, testifying before of the sufferings which belonged to Christ, and the glories after these.
12To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves but to you they ministered those things, which have now been announced to you by those who have declared to you the glad tidings by the Holy Spirit, sent from heaven, which angels desire to look into.
(1 Peter 1:10‑12)
that have.
 (vv. 2-4) The works of the Lord are the theme of the praise (10:2-4;67). His works are, and must be, like Himself, great, honorable, glorious, enduring, gracious and full of compassion. The godly seek out His works, find pleasure in them; the Lord makes them to be remembered. (Psalms 111 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Great are the works of Jehovah; sought out of all that delight in them.